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158th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore

  • On 9th May, 2019, the 158th birth anniversary (also known as Pochise Boishakh) of Rabindra Nath Tagore was celebrated.
  • Popularly known as Gurudev (name given by Mahatama Gandhi) and Kabiguru, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for his collection of poems - Geetanjali.
  • He has written the national anthems for India as well as Bangladesh, i.e. Jana Gana Mana and Amar Sonar Bangla, respectively.
  • He was awarded knighthood by King George V in 1915, but he renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh ....

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